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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>GENESIS</span>
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CHAPTER 18
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Abraham entertains three holy men—They promise that Sarah shall have a son—Abraham will command his children to do justice and judgment—The Lord appears to him—They discuss the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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And</span> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Appearances, Antemortal.">appeared</a> unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="Josh. 5: 13; TG Angels.">men</a> stood by him: and when he saw <i>them,</i> he ran to meet them from the tent door, and <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/2b" mark="b" type="C" title="3 Ne. 11: 19; Ether 6: 12; TG Courtesy.">bowed</a> himself toward the ground,
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And said, My <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/3a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Gen. 18: 3  . . .  brethren  . . .">Lord</a>, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
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Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Washing.">wash</a> your feet, and <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Hospitality.">rest</a> yourselves under the tree:
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And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/5a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR sustain  . . .">comfort</a> ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 19: 8.">come</a> to your servant.  And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
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And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead <i>it,</i> and make cakes upon the hearth.
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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave <i>it</i> unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
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And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set <i>it</i> before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
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&#182; And they said unto him, Where <i>is</i> Sarah thy wife?  And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 19; Gen. 21: 1.">Sarah</a> thy wife shall have a <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">son</a>.  And Sarah heard <i>it</i> in the tent door, which <i>was</i> behind him.
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Now Abraham and Sarah <i>were</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> <i>and</i> well stricken in age; <i>and</i> it <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Barrenness.">ceased</a> to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 21: 7; Ether 7: 3 (3-7, 26); Ether 9: 23.">old</a> also?
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Laughter.">laugh</a>, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 1: 18.">old</a>?
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Is any thing too <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/14a" mark="a" type="C" title="Luke 1: 37; Rom. 4: 21; TG God, Power of.">hard</a> for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?  At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 4: 16.">time</a> of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.  And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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&#182; And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said, Shall I <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/17a" mark="a" type="C" title="Abr. 3: 15; TG Revelation.">hide</a> from Abraham that thing which I do;
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Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Nations.">nation</a>, and all the <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Abrahamic Covenant.">nations</a> of the earth shall be <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/18/18c" mark="c" type="C" title="Zech. 8: 13; D&C 110: 12; D&C 115: 5; TG Israel, Mission of.">blessed</a> in him?
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For I <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">know</a> him, that he will <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Family, Children, Responsibilities toward; TG Teaching.">command</a> his <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/18/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Children; TG Family.">children</a> and his <sup>d</sup><a href="gen/18/19d" mark="d" type="A" title="Alma 23: 3.">household</a> after him, and they shall <sup>e</sup><a href="gen/18/19e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Loyalty; TG Trustworthiness.">keep</a> the way of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to do justice and <sup>f</sup><a href="gen/18/19f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Judgment.">judgment</a>; that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said, Because the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 19: 13; Mosiah 19: 7 (1-9); Morm. 2: 13 (10-15).">cry</a> of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/20b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Homosexuality.">sin</a> is very grievous;
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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 27: 27.">know</a>.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/22a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Gen. 18: 23 And the angels which were holy men, and were sent forth after the order of God, turned their faces  . . .">And</a> the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Access to.">stood</a> yet before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 16; Omni 1: 7 (6-7); Hel. 13: 13 (12-14); D&C 64: 24.">destroy</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 20: 4.">righteous</a> with the <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/18/23c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Wickedness.">wicked</a>?
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Worth of Souls.">spare</a> the place for the fifty righteous that <i>are</i> therein?
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That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Judge.">Judge</a> of all the earth do right?
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said, If I find in Sodom fifty <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/26a" mark="a" type="C" title="Jer. 5: 1; Ezek. 22: 30; 3 Ne. 9: 13; TG Righteousness.">righteous</a> within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which <i>am but</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 2: 7; Gen. 3: 19; Mosiah 4: 2 (1-3); Hel. 12: 7.">dust</a> and ashes:
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Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for <i>lack of</i> five?  And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy <i>it.</i>
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And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there.  And he said, I will not do <i>it</i> for forty’s sake.
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And he said <i>unto him,</i> Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.  And he said, I will not do <i>it,</i> if I find thirty there.
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And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.  And he said, I will not destroy <i>it</i> for twenty’s sake.
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And he said, Oh let not the Lord be <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 6: 39.">angry</a>, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there.  And he said, I will <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/18/32b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 65: 8.">not</a> destroy <i>it</i> for ten’s sake.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/18/33a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Body of - Corporeal Nature.">went</a> his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
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